Editing Joseph Weizenbaum (section)

==Apprehensions about computers and artificial intelligence==
He started to think philosophically about the implications of [[artificial intelligence]] and later became one of its leading critics.<ref>Miller, Stephen, MIT Professor's Work Led Him to Preach the Evils of Computers, Wall Street Journal March 15–16, 2008, p. 6</ref> In an interview with MIT's ''The Tech'', Weizenbaum elaborated on his fears, expanding them beyond the realm of mere artificial intelligence, explaining that his fears for society and the future of society were largely because of the computer itself. His belief was that the computer, at its most base level, is a fundamentally conservative force and that despite being a technological innovation, it would end up hindering social progress. Weizenbaum used his experience working with [[Bank of America]] as justification for his reasoning, saying that the computer allowed banks to deal with an ever-expanding number of checks in play that otherwise would have forced drastic changes to banking organization such as decentralization. As such, although the computer allowed the industry to become more efficient, it prevented a fundamental re-haul of the system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V105/N16/weisen.16n.html|title=Weizenbaum examines computers and society - The Tech|website=tech.mit.edu|access-date=2016-09-17|archive-date=2021-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002104454/http://tech.mit.edu/V105/N16/weisen.16n.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Weizenbaum also worried about the negative effects computers would have with regards to the military, calling the computer "a child of the military."